Improvement in carriage-doors



D. E. GALE.- Carriage-Door Patented June 11,1878.

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NJETE-RS. PHOTO-LITMOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON- D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DUDLEY E. GALE, OF SALISBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGE-DOORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 204,807, dated June 11,1878 application filed September 12, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DUDLEY EVANS GALE, of Salisbury, in the county ofEssex, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented anew and ImprovedCarriage-Door, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to carriages; and it consists in the novelconstruction, hereinafter set forth, of the upper rail of a rigid orjagger top, to adapt it to receive the upper rail of a carriage-door, ashereinafter set forth and claimed.

A of the drawing represents the bottom side panel of my carriage-top,and B the upper rail thereof.

In order to provide space for the upper rail of the carriage-door, Imake a recess in the rail B, as shown at 0, extending from the frontpost F rearward, and of suffieient length to receive the top rail of thedoor D, in the manner shown on the drawings.

The letters a represent a hinge, which unites the top rail of the doorto the rear wall of recess 0.

It will be observed that, by my method of construction, the lower sideof the door-rail G and the lower side of the carriage-rail B form onecontinuous tine.

The letter G represents a rear upright standard for the carriage-back,and E the lower panel of the door, which panel is of the same width asthe panel A of the carriage-body.

The letters I) b represent hinges, uniting the panels of the carriageand door, as shown.

It is obvious that a stop or flange is provided on the inner side of thepanels to prevent the doors from swinging too far inward. This stop isrepresented on the drawings by a dotted line, and is marked H.

I am aware that carriage-doors have been hinged Within a frame in frontof its rear posts

